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  1. DrankTheKoolaid

    American Medical Academy - Y/N?

    That price is a joke right? You can take a 6 week EMT course at a junior college for the cost of credits
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    LA County Fire.....

    Ah the reason California has such crappy protocols..... The ever famous LAFD.. Nothing like a fire Union to sweep crap under the rug and cover for sub standard practitioners. Yes I understand most did not go into the fire service to become medics and EMTs, but guess what due to the absolutely...
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    Does an expired physical cause your ambulance driver's certificate to expire too?

    What we have found is depending on the dmv office you go to it can take a month or more to send off your dl51 to Sacramento for processing. This will cause you to show up in a dmv pull by an employer as expired. So when you turn in the paperwork ask them to send it asap if possible and explain...
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    "Unusual" paramedic jobs...

    Cardiology offices, insurance exams (home type), mobile medicine clinics (ie house calls), mobile hangover clinics ( Vegas and Reno)
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    What is considered a BLS call in your area

    Nothing.... Paramedics care for all 911 patients In the last system I worked it was abused, often.
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    Stats reflective of EMS quality?

    First pass success rates do not reflect the quality of a Paramedic program. There are to many outside variables that can effect a students test success. Especially with firefighter heavy paramedic programs in particular. Depending on the time of year the program ends they may spend the next 6...
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    CPAP and BiPAP in asthma

    Weingart does a great podcast explaining this subject. Look up the episode labeled coding asthmatic if I remember right. End result is CPAP is of questionable use, while the inhalation support from Bipap is a definite use
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    Anyone take the C.R.A.T. (Certified rhythm analysis tech) test?

    When I did my Paramedic clinical I spoke with a few of the tele techs in the ICU while I was there. Their knowledge of rhythm interpretation was actually very impressive and beyond what was taught in the ACLS and Paramedic curriculum. They hardly even looked at Lead II which I found peculiar...
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    Why waste time at hospital?

    Likely they are completing PCRs
  10. DrankTheKoolaid

    Northern California EMS

    Interesting medic or Emt ?
  11. DrankTheKoolaid

    How do/would you handle frequent flyer...

    Hi my name is so and so. What hospital are we going to today?
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    Things to study for and not to

    Of the 70 questions I had at least 70 percent was on pharmacology and mechanisms of action. And at least 4 direct question on the receptor sites
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    Las Vegas Fire looking to take over transports from AMR

    Read the Fitch report. Expect change
  14. DrankTheKoolaid

    CHF and rapid A-Fib

    Verapamil has never failed to work each time I've used it on a patient that was stable enough for it. Pre treating with CA on the other hand even when given slow has pucker my arse on occasion though
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    calcium channel blocker/beta blocker OD

    Listen to emcrit.org podcast about these 2 overdoses and you will realize why glucagon in the doses we carry and CA won't work the way we were told.
  16. DrankTheKoolaid

    How long is your commute to work?

    1 hour there, about 1.5 hour back home mon-fri
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    Selling EMS memberships?

    My old service does www.tcls.org
  18. DrankTheKoolaid

    TCCC (Tactical Combat Casualty Care)

    ISTM modules A B C is the only way to become certified through ACEP to sit for the exam and get board certified. Everything else is secondary to ISTM
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